Sacred Souls: Genesis

Chapter 141: Chapter 140 Spreading Fear (3rd Update! Request monthly tickets! Please subscribe!)

“Fureya? Guild leader… is our little Fureya inside?”

The fluffy rabbit, upon seeing this suddenly grown ancient tree, first circled around it. The tree was named ‘Ancient Tree of Stone,’ which seemed like a randomly generated system name.

Like the tree at the initial base, the Ancient Tree of Stone also had an entrance, leading presumably to the room where Fureya was.

“Not yet,” Mo Shigui approached the tree, and a prompt immediately popped up.

‘Time until Fureya’s room construction is complete: 48 hours.’

“There’s a cooldown.”

Seeing this message, Mo Shigui understood that they would have to wait two days after establishing their base before they could move their Fureya out of the initial base.

“Why is there a cooldown? I still wish our Fureya could move into her new home sooner,” the fluffy rabbit said.

“Don’t you decorate when you move houses?” Mama Has a Dog said from the side.

Jiang Qiao, listening to their discussion, felt… they seemed to have forgotten something very important. Jiang Qiao cast a scouting spell at the seed of the Stone base.

The Stone base seed started off as a level two base, which had one hundred thousand health points—not too much, equivalent to the health points of a top Shield Warrior. So…

“Has anyone looked at the official website’s base settings?” Jiang Qiao decided to start feeding the excited members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild some sobering thoughts.

“The official website’s base settings? Isn’t it just a place to customize and build houses?” one guild member replied to Jiang Qiao.

Because Zhao Mingwei had always been following Jiang Qiao like a ‘little sidekick,’ it made Jiang Qiao very conspicuous every time he mixed with the Dancing Nuclear Guild to gear up. However, Jiang Qiao indeed had good skills, and his presence within the first echelon didn’t feel out of place to the others.

So when Jiang Qiao spoke up, half of the guild members turned their attention to him.

“It is a place for customizing houses, but the official site also mentioned that bases can be destroyed,” Jiang Qiao said.

This statement from Jiang Qiao was like a bucket of ice poured over the heads of the members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, who had been basking in the thought, “We finally have our own houses and can play landlords! We can live in our houses with the puppet girls.”

“We—no, your guild’s base seed only has one hundred thousand health points,” Jiang Qiao pointed out, indicating the base seed.

As Jiang Qiao pointed it out, the players of the Dancing Nuclear Guild instantly rushed to the side of the Ancient Tree of Stone, and sure enough, when they got close to it, the health points of the ancient tree instantly appeared.

During their time at the initial base camp, the health of the ancient tree was not displayed, leading them to mistakenly believe that the ancient tree of the initial base was an ‘indestructible’ structure like those in Lionheart City.

This is a common game mechanic due to system limitations, where, for instance, you cannot destroy a door regardless of whether you use a cannon or apocalyptic magic.

Such mechanics still exist in the games of this era, and they are present in ‘Sacred Spirit’ as well. In ‘Sacred Spirit,’ the build hit points of Lionheart City’s structures are infinite, and no matter how powerful the players become, they cannot destroy even a small wooden door in Lionheart City.

These are restrictions set by the game’s rules.

The initial base has these restrictions too, like Lionheart City’s carriage shop which is immune to all player attacks.

Players had long become accustomed to the existence of invincible buildings, and now Jiang Qiao was telling them that their constructed stronghold wasn’t invincible?

“Ten… ten thousand hit points? How much damage did the Flame Burst from those two Flame Roar Dragons deal again?” The guild’s magic Mage, Tasty White Snake, asked with a trembling voice.

Because he was one of the three people instantly killed by the Flame Roar Dragon.

“Fifty-seven thousand, and that’s just from being caught in the blast, up-close hits definitely cause at least seventy thousand damage and above,” Little Feather, a Machinist, appeared to be very sensitive to numbers.

“This tree is too frail, isn’t it? Wouldn’t it just shatter if a Lord-level monster broke in?” Fuzzy Rabbit was somewhat panicked, but then she suddenly thought of something terrifying, “What about Fureya? What would happen to the Fureya living inside?”

“Uh… according to the official website’s setting, she’s supposed to get injured, right?”

Jiang Qiao mercilessly plunged a knife into everyone’s side as he spoke, for the members of the Dancing Nuclear Guild were all looking forward to moving out and living with Fureya, instead of staying in the public dormitories of the initial stronghold.

The initial stronghold was located in a relatively safe area of Biland Island, but resources were scarce. The stronghold of the Dancing Nuclear Guild, however, was built in an area of Biland Island where Lord-level monsters frequently appeared.

“Injured? I remember now! Fureya has hit points too!” someone in the guild said in a voice close to breaking down, “If the stronghold is destroyed, Fureya… could she be eaten by the monsters?”

This statement successfully killed the conversation, and all the guild members present shivered.

“Shut up! Don’t talk about that anymore!” Mama Has A Dog barked loudly.

“Even… even if she died, she should be able to revive, right?” Fuzzy Rabbit said uncertainly, “Like… like with the last Divine War, she could be revived through certain quests.”

“But if Fureya gets eaten by the monsters on the island, can she still revive? It’s more about whether… if she revives, will she still be the same Fureya we know?” Starry Night said with a trembling voice, analyzing the situation.

“I told you to stop! The game designers wouldn’t write such a heart-wrenching story, would they?” Mama Has A Dog barked again, loudly interrupting Starry Night’s analysis.

Hahahaha… of course, I wouldn’t write that.

Listening to the side, Jiang Qiao wiped the sweat from his forehead, but the island’s monsters weren’t my creation, and for them, Fureya indeed was a tasty meal.

A really tasty meal, since Fureya’s body possessed a weak divine essence from Hai Lan, which, though very faint, was like a tonic for those creatures on the island that craved energy.

“According to the current progress in the Divine Spirit’s main storyline, it… it seems like a real possibility,” Starry Night continued speculating, “Didn’t she already die once before?”

This statement once again plunged the players of the Dancing Nuclear Guild into a state of self-isolation.

Damn it! Stop spreading rumors here! Jiang Qiao really wanted to counter Starry Night, as he took the protection of characters like Fureya very seriously. Even if monsters destroyed the stronghold seed, they would not find Fureya.

Because the space inside the stronghold seed existed in the world of the Divine Spirit’s true body, and so called injuries were just a few added scratch textures.

Jiang Qiao’s setting was meant to ensure players took the construction of their strongholds seriously, as this would help them gradually advance their positions on Biland Island.

But… Jiang Qiao had a future setting that would allow Fureya to leave the stronghold room and take a walk, and if she were attacked outside…

“The point is to keep enemies outside the stronghold, isn’t that what it’s for?” Mo Shigui interrupted the self-isolation analysis of his guild members, “I’ve posted the construction page to the group, let’s study it together! Construction gameplay isn’t my forte, but there are certainly others among us who are!”